Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: G-36-K
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Rose purple standards; imperial purple falls veined violet blue
Beard Color: Violet blue, hairs tipped lighter at end, light violet blue horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Rose purple
Foliage: Purple Based

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Aaron's Dagger X Chanted
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden, Wickford, Essex, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-08
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-16
Location: Michigan-my garden
Location: southern KY
Date: May
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: 2024-02-26
IB candy Rock
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-03-17
Candy Rock 3 17 16
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: 2024-02-26
IB Candy Rock  26”  EM  Re Sutton  1999https://wiki.irises.org/
Location: Clovis, Ca  zone 9b
Date: February 26,2024  3:11pm
IB  Candy Rock  26”  EM Re  Sutton   1999
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early May 2020
Vibrant colours, and the falls are often held high and horizontal

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: southern KY
Date: 2019-04-10
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